Cross-line buckle.



798,135- PATENTED AUG. 29, was.

w. I. KBNISON. GROSS LINE BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED APR.12, 190 5.

Qiwcntoz UNITED STATES \VILLIAM I. KENISON, OF NILES, KANSAS.

CROSS-LINE BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed April 12,1905. Serial No. 255,219.

ple in construction and which can thereforebe manufactured and placed upon the market at a nominal cost.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the buckle in use. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the link in an open position. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the link.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The frame 1 of the buckle is made in the usual manner, except that instead of the customary cross-bar it is provided with two lugs 2, which project a short distance inwardly from each side. A piece of spring metal 4, provided with a perforation 5, is riveted or otherwise fastened to the under side of one of the cross-bars at one end of the buckle, so that the opening 5 is approximately over the lugs 2. The link member 6 is formed of a piece of looped metal, the ends of which are so bent as to formhooks 7, the upper portions of which are connected by a cross-bar 8. This cross-bar 8 is provided centrally with an upwardly-projecting stud 9. When the two parts are assembled, the hooks 7 are adapted to engage the lugs 2, and the stud 9 to pass through the opening 5 in the piece of spring metal 4.

The operation of the device is as follows: The long rein is passed through the buckleframe 1 in the usual manner, passing between the piece of spring metal 4 and the lugs 2. The short rein is to be fastened to the link 6. The hooks 7 are then placed in engagement with the lugs 2 and the whole turned around said lugs as an-axis until the stud 9 passes through thedesired perforation in the long rein and is locked in position by passing through the opening 5 in the piece of spring metal 4. When it is desired to remove the link 6 or adjust the short rein upon the long rein, the spring member 4 is lifted from the stud 9 and the link 6 turned around until the hooks 7 can be readily lifted off of the studs 2. The frame 1 can then be readily moved to any desired point on the long rein and then again fastened as heretofore described, or, if desirable, the link 6, to which the short rein is attached, can be detached from the frame 1. The use of the lugs 2 enables the entire buckle to be detached from the long rein when desired by working the strap out between the lugs. It will thus be understood that I have invented an extremely simple device which is at the same time very eifective in operation and which can be cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a cross-line buckle, the combination of the usual buckle-frame comprising side bars and'connecting cross-bars, a strap-connecting link pivotally connected to said side bars at an intermediate point and having an upwardly projecting stud thereon, and a spring member carried by the frame and cooperating with said stud to hold the strap in position.

2. In a cross-line buckle, the combination of the usual buckle frame comprising side bars and connecting cross-bars, a link pivotally connected to said side bars at an intermediate point and having an upwardly-projecting stud thereon, and a spring attached to one of the cross-bars and cooperating with said stud to hold the strap in position, said spring having a perforation therein through which the stud passes.

8. In a cross-line buckle, the combination of the usual buckle-frame comprising side bars and connecting cross-bars, a link pivotally connected to the frame and having an upwardly projecting stud thereon, and a spring attached to the frame and engaging said stud to hold the strap in position.

4:. In a cross-line buckle, the combination of the usual buckle-frame comprising side ally connected With the frame and having an presence of two Witnesses.

upwardly-projecting stud thereon, and a WILLIAM I KENISON [L bars and connecting cross-bars, a link pivot- In testimony WhereofI afiix my signature in I spring carried by the frame and cooperating With said stud to hold the strap in position, Witnesses: said spring having an opening therein through 0. B. WELLS, Which the stud is adapted to pass. R..L. LANTZ. 

